Sounding toy



A. T. LINNEY SOUNDING TOY June 11, 1935.

Filed Aug. 13, 1954 Patented June 11, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SOUNDING TOY Albert T. Llnney, Lexington, Ky.

Application August 13, 1934, Serial No. 739,694

'9 Claims.

which will be hereinafter first fully described and claims.

In the drawing:

then more particularly defined in the appended Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the.

manner of using the device.

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevation, with parts in section, of the device.

Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective. 1

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a body including a frame of a light wooden strip I having its ends fitted in recesses 2 in end blocks 3, said blocks having convex outer sides, as shown in Figure 4. Forming part of the body and secured to one side of the strip l is a cardboard sheet 4 which may be given any approved outline and which is fastened to the strip by staples 5, as shown clearly in Figure 4. The cardboard sheet 4 is intended to have an advertisement displayed upon one side and upon the other side may have any approved picture or other matter, Figure 2 of the accompanying drawing showing a landscape with an airplane flying thereover, the upper edge portion of the sheet being shaped to form a part of the outline of the airplane. One of the end blocks 3 is provided with a relatively large recess 6 in its outer side and in said recess is fitted a rectangular plug 1 which is preferably of metal. The device also includes a tail 8 of some light material, such as crepe paper, which has one end folded so as to provide a substantial gripping point, as indicated at 9, and this gripping point is placed against the outer face of the plug whereupon a. rubber band In is stretched taut around the sides of the device and over the outer surfaces of the end blocks 3 and across the point 9 of the tail. The device is completed by attaching a string ll thereto at the end opposite the tail so that, by grasping this string at its free end, the device may be whirled through the air by the holder, as illustrated in Figure 1. I T

When the device is whirled rapidly through the air, the tail will fly behind the body of the device and will flutter in the air so as to create the appearance of an animal in motion. As (I the body of the device passes rapidly through the air the rubber band will give off a. pleasant humming sound and this will be accompanied by a 5 low rustle or crackling sound from the tail, the sound accompanying the whirling of the toy being more or less imitative of the roar of a flying aeroplane. The device is very simple and inexpensive and may be very easily whirled by chil- 10 dren of tender ages, while the presence of the metal plug in the end to which the tail is attached imparts a steadiness of movement to the device which will maintain the holding string taut and will enable the holder to keep the de-- vice in the air with very little effort.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A device of the type described comprising a frame, a sheet of stiff material extending longitudinally of the frame and rising therefrom, a tail of light material having one end disposed against one end of the frame, a'plug in said end of the frame, and an elastic band stretched around the ends of the frame and over the end of the tail. I

2. A device of the type described comprising a frame consisting of a longitudinal medial strip, end blocks fitted on the ends of the strip, one of said blocks having a recess in its outer side, a sheet of stifi material secured to and rising from the longitudinal strip, a plug fitted in the recess in the one end block, a tail of flexible material having one end bearing against said plug, and an elastic band stretched around the end blocks and over the end of the tail.

3. A toy comprising a frame strip, blocks secured to and extending across the ends of said strip, rear portions projecting from opposite faces of the strip and beyond the one end of the strip, a still sheet secured to said strip and rising therefrom, a stretched elastic band extending longitudinally of the strip and engaged about the blocks and held thereby with portions in spaced relation to the strip between the blocks, atail held to one blockby said band, and a flexible holding member adjacent the other end of the strip. 7

4. In a sounding toy, a body, a removable weight at one end of said body, a tailof flexible 5 material having one end disposed against the weight, and an elastic band extending along the body and engaged about the ends of the body and across the said end of the tail to detachably hold the tail and weight to the body.

5. In a'sounding toy, a body, a tall 01' um flexible material at one end of said body having an end portion disposed against the said end of the body, a flexible holding member at the other end of the body, and an elastic band extending along the body at opposite sides thereof in stretched condition and engaged about ends of the body and across the said end oi the tail to detachably hold the tail in engagement with the body.

6. In a sounding toy, a body, a tail of light flexible material at one end of the body, .an operating element connected with the other end of the body, and an elastic sound producing band extending along the body at opposite sides thereof in stretched condition ahd-engagedi about ends of the body with a portion extending across the tail to detachably hold the tail in engagement with the body.

'LInasounding toy,abody,atailoi'1ight material having one end disposed against an end of the body, and an elastic sound producing band stretched around ends of the body and over the end of the tail to detachably hold the tail in direct engagement with the body.

8. In a sounding toy, a body, a tail of light flexible material at one end oi. the body having an end directly and fixedly secured against the body, a stretched elastic band engaged about ends of the body, and an operating element at the other 

